Blood Bikes Nightingale

One of 2 bikes acquired in 2020, named in honour of our amazing NHS nurses who have worked so hard in this Covid 19 year. Named after Florence Nightingale who’s lasting contribution has been her role in founding the modern nursing profession. She set an example of compassion, commitment to patient care and diligent and thoughtful hospital administration.

The first official nurses’ training programme, her Nightingale School for Nurses opened in 1860 and is now called the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at Kings College, London.

During the Covid 19 pandemic, a number of temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals were set up in readiness for an expected rise in the number of patients needing critical care.

Nightingale

What people say about us

“The blood bikes are vital to getting our life saving faecal transplants to critically ill patients with C. dificile infection”

Professor Peter Hawkey, FMT Service Lead, PHE Public Health Laboratory Birmingham

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